Teacher commits suicide over extra work
A 39-year-old teacher committed suicide at her home in Buri Ram, leaving a note saying she was overwhelmed by the pressures placed on her at work.
A 39-year-old teacher committed suicide at her home in Buri Ram, leaving a note saying she was overwhelmed by the pressures placed on her at work.
An increase in the daily minimum wage to 400 baht for all workers in Bangkok will take effect on July 1.
A tourist from the United Arab Emirates has been fined for driving a car on a Phuket beach.
A woman has spoken out after suffering an electric shock from an automated parking ticket machine at a popular shopping mall, which saw her in and out of hospital for several days and unable to work.
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Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Amid the atmosphere of the 53rd National Book Fair and the 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), one voice stood out — that of a 17-year-old who introduced a fresh perspective on rice through a bilingual children’s book.
